族

Meaning(vocab.word.pos.g, measure word)

race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

As a suffix it names social groups: 上班族, 追星族, 月光族.

Examples

• 越南有五十四个民族，京族最多。

  yuè nán yǒu wǔ shí sì gè mín zú, jīng zú zuì duō.

  Vietnam has 54 ethnic groups; the Kinh are the largest.

• 上班族每天都很忙。

  shàng bān zú měi tiān dōu hěn máng.

  Office workers are busy every day.

• 他是一个低头族，总在看手机。

  tā shì yí gè dī tóu zú, zǒng zài kàn shǒu jī.

  He's a phone addict, always looking down at his screen.

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